Change the value of jquery input to a posting system

Question

I got this little engine AJAX, I’m using jQuery, this code is for a posting system, but it’s not working.

The logic is to register posts with form using 2 buttons to send (Submit). One is to register only and the other is to register and publish the post. It will be saved in the field status the input that will be with value 0 and when you publish and register the attribute will be changed value for 1.

   //publicar e publicar e atualizar
    var button = $('.cadPub');
    var buttonCad = $('.cad');
    var cadastro = $('.formDados');//formulario
    cadastro.submit( function(){
        if(button){
            button.click(function(){
                $('.status').each(function(){
                    var input = $(this);
                    input .val(1);
                });
            });
        }else{
            $('.status').each(function(){
                var input = $(this);
                input .val(0);
            });
        }

    //CADASTRO
    if(button || buttonCad) {
        var id = $(this).attr('id');
        var cap = $(this).attr('data-controller');

        $.ajax({
            url: BASE + cap,
            data: {id: id},
            type: "POST",
            dataType: 'json',
            beforeSend: function (data) {
                $.each(alerts, function (key, value) {
                    $('.alert').removeClass(value);
                });
            },
            success: function (data) {
                if (data.retorno) {
                    $('.alerta').addClass(data.retorno[0]);
                    $('.icones').addClass(data.retorno[1]);//icone tem que passar no indice 1
                    $('.titulo').html(data.retorno[2]);//Titulo no indice 2
                    $('.result').html(data.retorno[3]);//Mensagem de retorno no indice 3
                }
            }
        });
    }
    return false;
});